Month: November 2013

Do fruit flies hold the key to treating dementia? Biologists have taken a significant step…

Study uses patient-derived stem cells to show that a mutation in the α-synuclein gene causes…

Most trisomic pregnancies arise as a consequence of chromosome missegregation in egg precursor cells called…

Researchers are using the unique contraction and expansion properties of shape memory polymer foam to…

Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding genetic changes that permitted humans and other…

The decrease in snowfall observed in recent years in Canada’s subarctic regions has led to…

A new study has concluded that taking the drug modafinil, typically used to treat sleep…

A new analysis of National Football League results suggests that the body’s natural circadian timing…

Scientists have developed a novel approach to understand magnets.

While fewer than 10 percent (8.4 percent) of the mothers were suffering from PTSD, more…